On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:07:39 -0500, Denis Beauregard
wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:35:14 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber
> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
>
>>On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:35:19 +0200, Steve Hayes
>>declaimed the following:
>>
>>
>>>This Python script does it for me.
>>>
>>>year = input("
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 06:51:15 +1100, Paul Blair
wrote:
>On 22-Nov-2014 6:35 am, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:35:19 +0200, Steve Hayes
>> declaimed the following:
>>
>>
>>> This Python script does it for me.
>>>
>>> year = input("Year: ")
>>> age = input("Age: ")
>>> born = y
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:50:36 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:15:03 +0200, Steve Hayes
>>declaimed the following:
>>
>>>On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:40:22 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>>
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 7:3
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:50:36 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber
wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:15:03 +0200, Steve Hayes
>declaimed the following:
>
>>On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:40:22 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
This Python script does it for me
On 22-Nov-2014 6:35 am, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:35:19 +0200, Steve Hayes
declaimed the following:
This Python script does it for me.
year = input("Year: ")
age = input("Age: ")
born = year-age
print 'Year of birth:', born
It's so simple, so elementary, that it's not
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:03:12 +, duncan smith
wrote:
>On 21/11/14 08:35, Steve Hayes wrote:
>> I've finally found a use for Python.
>>
>> When, in the course of my genealogy research, I look at census or burial
>> records, I often want to work out a person's date of birth from their age.
>>
On 21/11/14 08:35, Steve Hayes wrote:
> I've finally found a use for Python.
>
> When, in the course of my genealogy research, I look at census or burial
> records, I often want to work out a person's date of birth from their age.
> It's a simple matter of mental arithmetic, but I sometimes get i
On 21/11/2014 15:50, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:20:06 +, Mark Lawrence
As I'm using Python 2 and I asked the question, I'm grateful that the answer
was given in my dialect.
Luddite :)
--
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:20:06 +, Mark Lawrence
wrote:
>On 21/11/2014 08:50, Gary Herron wrote:
>> On 11/21/2014 12:35 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>> I've finally found a use for Python.
>>>
>>> When, in the course of my genealogy research, I look at census or burial
>>> records, I often want to wo
On 11/21/14 9:55 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
- Use your OS facilities to run that process in a chroot jail.
If you are interested, this is the facility that edX uses to run
untrusted Python code on the servers: https://github.com/edx/codejail
--
Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com
--
h
random...@fastmail.us wrote:
> Out of curiosity, is there a way to use eval "safely" (i.e. strictly
> limiting what it has access to) across a privilege boundary? This also
> comes up for pickle and other serialization formats that can store
> arbitrary classes (i.e. call arbitrary constructors).
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:54:23 -0500, random832 wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014, at 05:33, alister wrote:
>> the problem with input is code-injection which is very similar to sql
>> injection (httpd://xkcd.com/327).
>>
>> the data entered by the user is processed as if it was python code,
>> this mea
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 12:58 AM, wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014, at 05:47, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Now, maybe you want it to eval. There are times when I conceptually
>> want "enter an integer", but it makes good sense to be able to type
>> "1+2" and have it act as if I typed "3". That's fine...
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014, at 05:47, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Now, maybe you want it to eval. There are times when I conceptually
> want "enter an integer", but it makes good sense to be able to type
> "1+2" and have it act as if I typed "3". That's fine... but if you
> want eval, write eval into your co
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014, at 05:33, alister wrote:
> the problem with input is code-injection which is very similar to sql
> injection (httpd://xkcd.com/327).
>
> the data entered by the user is processed as if it was python code, this
> means the user could enter a command (or sequence of commands)
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:33 PM, alister
wrote:
> the data entered by the user is processed as if it was python code, this
> means the user could enter a command (or sequence of commands) that cause
> serious problems to you computer including but not limited to:-
>
> Installing a virus
> Deleting
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:20:06 +, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 21/11/2014 08:50, Gary Herron wrote:
>> On 11/21/2014 12:35 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>> I've finally found a use for Python.
>>>
>>> When, in the course of my genealogy research, I look at census or
>>> burial records, I often want to wo
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:15:03 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:40:22 +1100, Chris Angelico
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Steve Hayes
>>wrote:
>>> This Python script does it for me.
>>>
>>> year = input("Year: ")
>>> age = input("Age: ")
>>> born = year-age print
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> As we're now firmly heading into the Python 3 era would people please be
> kind enough to use the Python 3 links. I know it's only a single character
> change but it's the principle to me. TIA.
The OP was clearly using Python 2 (as evidenc
On 21/11/2014 08:50, Gary Herron wrote:
On 11/21/2014 12:35 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
I've finally found a use for Python.
When, in the course of my genealogy research, I look at census or burial
records, I often want to work out a person's date of birth from their
age.
It's a simple matter of men
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:40:22 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>>On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>> This Python script does it for me.
>>>
>>> year = input("Year: ")
>>> age = input("Age: ")
>>> born = year-age
>>> print 'Ye
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:40:22 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
>> This Python script does it for me.
>>
>> year = input("Year: ")
>> age = input("Age: ")
>> born = year-age
>> print 'Year of birth:', born
>
>One thing to be careful of: The input()
On 11/21/2014 12:35 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
I've finally found a use for Python.
When, in the course of my genealogy research, I look at census or burial
records, I often want to work out a person's date of birth from their age.
It's a simple matter of mental arithmetic, but I sometimes get it wr
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> This Python script does it for me.
>
> year = input("Year: ")
> age = input("Age: ")
> born = year-age
> print 'Year of birth:', born
One thing to be careful of: The input() function in Python 2 should be
avoided. Instead, use int(raw_input("Y
I've finally found a use for Python.
When, in the course of my genealogy research, I look at census or burial
records, I often want to work out a person's date of birth from their age.
It's a simple matter of mental arithmetic, but I sometimes get it wrong, and
mislead myself. There are calculato
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